Anna Wildrose - Mystery at the colonial goods

10.07. - 30.09.2018
"Mystery at the colonial goods" by Anna Wildrose

Twenty years ago Anna Wildrose opened a tiny shop, full of fabulous things, in downtown Helsinki. She had just decided to give up her day job for good, create an artist alias for herself and make art her livelihood. The tiny shop didn't survive, but Wildrose stubbornly continued making her wonderful items. And now, twenty years later, both the number of disguarded things and items made of them have grown remarkably.

There is no doubt about it: consumer society produces a sense of voraciousness and makes people desire things that don't belong to them. This exhibition presents us an image of a world of consumerism, brimful of lushious material ambitions and yearning for the exotic. At the Colonial Goods you have one last chance to collect everything that the world has produced – and what's starting to overwhelm it.

The Kondas Center is grateful for the Estonian Cultural Endowment for support.

Mari Vallikivi